Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-11
THE WORLD OF SPORT.
THE DOINGS OF ITS CELEBRITIES DURING
THE PAST WEEK.
Base Ball Items Of General Interest League anc
Association Hustling for PlaysrS-ln the
Prize Rlng-FlsShcs from the
FoOtlighS.

Kansas City Is hustling in sections 10
get into the association. Two men, one
named Wolf, and said to be the proprietor
of a pool room in Kansas city, were IN
| Cleveland lately, and called on Treasurer
Howe for the purpose Of finding out the
Cleveland clubs position on the eight
club question. They represented the Helm
| Whitfield crowd and are against Menges
and the present Kansas City club. Treas
urer Howe gave them no satisfaction and,
as Joe Ardner, Of the Kansas City club,
was III the room at the time, the western
ers were wary and lett before thoroughly
explaining their position.
President Robson has been moving in
the Caruthers matter, and though chances
are against it he may play IN the Cleve.
lands of 1888. Caruthers himself would
rather 90 to Brooklyn. The Athletics
have signed Denny, Lyons and pitcher
Blair of last seasons Xanesyilles, and st.
! Louis melted Jack Boyle. The eight club
question is still unsolved. Newark, n.
j., wants the place. So does kanSas City
aud Columbus Il the franchise Is cheap
enough. Kansas City is said to nave Oh
feyed 81, UUU for one year 0! it. Buffalo
shows no signs OF wanting it. The story
about the Association putting Is club into
Pittsburg is all bOsh.
One of the l1Ost successful base ball men
in the fraternity is Al Reach, President Of
| the ~Philadelphias. Al was once upon a
time az great a second baSeman a5 he is o
| legislator now. His nine won the second
| place in the League, and was considered
one of the phenomenal ~aggregatiouS OF the
| wear, Al announced that they are ready
TO pay more money for l second baSelnan
than any nine in the land. 1--WE want
one badly" he said, and am ready to
lay big money for the release of one. Still,
we hone 10 surprise people before the sea
son is opened."
1t was generally understood that the
quartettc of umpires signed by the Amerl-
can Association were TO be rewarded 10y
81, 800 Il year each. The Enquirer car
say, with Il certainty Of the correctness OF
its u~tteranres, that Gatfhcy, ''the king Of
All N'llplltS, iCNoltIhS - 'A"h"S' ~
kips. will receive 81 800; DacScher,
81, 300; Fe~rguson-the Immortal Bob
-. POO, and MCQuadc, $2,OOO. This GER
tainiy il u great aggregation OF umplres,
and II they cannot please the populace,
the business might just rs well sc aban-
d0ncd.
The cnterprising directors OF the Brook
lyn club are not s~ati,fied with the great
deals they have already completed and are
figuring on more. Said an Athletic repre-
sentative in reply to a reporters queries {:
"Yes, we have had II Proposition from
Brooklyn"
What is it?'
"Well, they offered to transfer McTam-
any, Harkins and Porter to us ii we will
give them Stovey."
"Will you do it?'
al am rather certain we will not. We
can use Stovey to inst az great advantage
rs the Brooklyns."
A story is in circulation that the Ameri-
can Association players are t. be invited
To Join the League Brotherhood, and that
provision is also to he made for the admis-
| sion of players OF minor organizations. III
other words, the LHague'BrOtherhoOd is; in
the future, 70 rule the country, aud in case
of a split with the League, they are III n
position to prevent the League from Secur-
ing any outside talent.
Sandusky has now signed it's full num-
her of base ball players for next season,
the latest accession TO the ranks being
George Westlake, to play third base, the
position he held in the Mansfield club
during the past season. He is a fine
player and Sandusky now has a team Of
which any Ohio league city may well be
proud.
Out in California q great war is being
wagcd on the base ball pool rooms, and the
president of the California league has de-
cided to blacklist any player who patron
ICES. the rooms, and the pool-Selling bust
ness will not he ~couatenanced ut any time
10 the future.
There is considerable curiosity as TO
is to what salaries will be paid the men,
bcrs of the Detroit club the coming year.
| When the big four Signed with the DetrOits
they were given contracts for two years.
| These have now expired and new arrange
ments will have to be made with them.
Lally, whose terms were recently ac-
copied by the Toronto club, now claims
that there il no contract binding him to
play there next year. He wants TO 20 to
indianapolis.
The Southern base ball directors met at
Atlanta and decided TO leave the matter OF
filling the eighth place, in Ease seven clubs
are secured by January 10, 70 the New Or
leans club.
The Louisville public doesn't seem TO
care greatly whether Short Stop White re
turns to the team or not.-SpOriing LYr
| Who can ill his place? Surely not Ester
day.
Manager Clinton, Of the Manchester base
ball club, has signed Jack Nelson, of the
Metropolitan club, to play short stop and
act - field captain.
Joe Ardner is up and about and ~rejOices
in the possession OF a handsome badge from
the Topeka people.
DRAM ATTIC NEWS.
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